The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat Industry

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Página No agricultural college or experiment station should be without a text - book on
the subject . The agricultural or economic section of every library should certainly contain a general reference book on wheat . The method of treating the subject ...

Página 14 The filling of the spikelets has much to do with the appearance of the spike ,
which varies much in different varieties . There is also great variation in
compactness . Fifteen to twenty fertile spikelets , containing from 30° to 50 grains
, are usually ...

Página 15 Mummy wheat has been observed with ears containing nearly a dozen branches
. There - are 150 grains in one ear , and as many as 60 ears from one seed .
Wheat has the advantage of extreme diminution of the number of seeds to each ...

Página 25 The five outer layers of the wheat grain are endosperm , the food part of the grain
, contains large quantities of starch , a nitrogenous substance known as gluten , a
little sugar , and the cellulose of its cell walls . The gluten content is greatest at ...